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LDE to HIM: distance & flight time
Tarbes (Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport) → Polonnaruwa Town (Hingurakgoda Air Force Base)
5,385 mi
8,667 km · 4,680 nm
11h 2m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
5,385 miles nonstop takes roughly 11h 2m gate to gate, flying east. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- LDE — Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport · Tarbes, France
- HIM — Hingurakgoda Air Force Base · Polonnaruwa Town, Sri Lanka
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near LDE
- PUF · Pau Pyrénées Airport25 mi away
- AGF · Agen-La Garenne Airport75 mi away
- TLS · Toulouse-Blagnac Airport75 mi away
- HSK · Huesca/Pirineos Airport78 mi away
Near HIM
- GIU · Sigiriya Air Force Base18 mi away
- TRR · China Bay Airport36 mi away
- ACJ · Anuradhapura Air Force Base42 mi away
- BTC · Batticaloa Airport53 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is LDE from HIM?
The flight distance from Tarbes (LDE) to Polonnaruwa Town (HIM) is 5,385 miles (8,667 km, 4,680 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LDE to HIM?
A nonstop flight takes about 11h 2m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from LDE to HIM?
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